New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ALY 4 10])““ N' .‘m,“ 3PN L Rt +freaqrl ANS ESTABLISHED 1870 GOFF ENTERS RACE FOR PRESIDENCY Is Sixth Senator to File for, Primaries FROM WEST VIRGINIA. Indication That Hec | Youngest Defendant Ever Tried Is Free Pittsburgh, April 6 ( — Alle- heny county's youngest dafen- dant ever to be tried on a mur- der charge freed today. A iury returned a verdict of not zuilty in the casc of Robert Stevens, 14, who was indicted in the killing of an unidentified man on the Allegheny river bank. The victim was slugged and robbed of $3.75. It was testified that Stevens took part in the killing becaus he was dominated by Alvin Hess, 16. who was convicted of first degree murder last week MERCEDES GLEITZ SWIMS GIBRALTAR fiBudgel Bureau Recommends 93 New Federal Buildings TWO H)R THIS STATE Fwo Million For Hartford Post ('f- els No Previous !I A radio message sent out from ‘ Kindley field, Philippine Islands, on March 31, was picked up by an ama- ' teur operator at Atlanta, Georgia, | | 1elaved by him and picked up by a tol amateur who in turn for warded it by mail to its ultimate [destination, Nels J. Nelson, 239 Elm street, this eity, The message was from Charles G struetures | Davey, now with the United States |y signal corps in the Philippines, Davey, formerly of Relden strect 1liis city, was a close personal friend English Typist Is First to e CI'OSS S[]‘al[ wll.;' nlnwm‘: oI “I“‘A‘\y"-‘lfvu‘.m o was a pioncer in air- appropriat- Senator TS i compliance Wil the two public | $ork. | penditur 20,000,000 Record Would Be a Candidate For Office | tice and $1,700.000 For Bridge- | ot i Chief Executive—Is Junior port Included in Mea Re- Senator. ported Today. Washington report to building . on Washington April 6 (A—The colors of the sixth senatorial candi- for April & -In public 1929, the v mnmended a tinal congress date the republican presidential | construction for omination were flying today with | budget burean i of Guy D. Goff, junior West Virginia. in the entry [ crection of 3 tederal tiiroughont the con half of which would b ta cost not hont senator KLY from primary in that state May 29, when 19 delegates to the Kansas City convention will bo selected. Tiie announcement that Goff Tiad mailed his filing papers to Charleston was made last night b tary, Thomas P. Mean Wwho said the senator had been urge 1o make the race by the entire West ses ot e message transmitted by .w! mail read: To Nels J. Nelson, Aero Garage, Bl street, New Rritain, Conn. lines to let you know that 1 well and getting along fine. '\V}u of § anmially District of Columbia | f {A few ‘uv tside 100 1S consume dourney ? recommendations include Accomplishes 08 MILLION ASKED Ralf_ho M;mge Senlt Ito hacfil M:l;l H]R BHNSTR”ETIGN rlg:ewedlp%hu;zu;l?nmeeagatmm Nelson Hears From Charles G.Davey via i Atlanta, Ga., Bristol, Conn., and San Diego, Cal., | Amateurs Picking Up Air Letter and For- warding It to Destination in This City. brotlier to write. !fron: home. Sure like it over here. Tflll Walter that I have not receiv- ed any letters from him yet. Best | regards from the bunch. gned, Charles G. Davey The Atlanta operator who picked up the message was 4-RN and the Bristol station was 1-QB. Coincident with recelving the mes- sage via Atlanta and Bristol, Mr. Nelson received another message, almost identical. which was picked up by Don C. Good. who operates amateur station 6-AJM at San Diego, Cal. The California operator advised ments and later in radio Mr. Nelson that he maintains a daily wireless schedule with the Philip- | Dines and would be glad to forward jany message from Nelson to the v Britain_soldicr friend in the Philippines. Nelson already has dis- Tell patched a reply for his old friend. Virginia delegation in congress an:l other linent persons.” His Place. Thus, the former assistant attor 1y general places his name along- 1o Curtis of Ka Watson of diana: Norris of Nebraska; Reed of Missouri, and Walsh of Monta the latter fwo democrats, in the senatorial lists for the nomination. I Willis, repubilean, would have made the seventh | the presidential contest senate for filing in West Xt montl’s primary 29, In filing there, delegates 0 if they will or will not hound by the primary vote in the conventic There cation that candidate na's office nd other |~ e PLAN INVESTIGATION post feral offices cost, with & Through Water 27 Miles in 127 Hours—started In Eurche Lnded 1 [ this' v Pittsh iouse, available In Africa. 1 court Gibrallar, April 6 (P Tolograp i ing from ‘Tarifa, Spain. this morning | Mercedes Gleitz, London typist an- | : rounced t she had swum the “l‘ww e 4 Strait of (.!;»n l}lmr'\v:'rlm\\ ’\:m\ Ji : o o RS : h")l’ldge M W Ixhtman Gleitz stated she star on = | y x . m., from the Spanish si 1 | States He Declined Offer erossed the 27 mile streteh of wator o Voroce as Member of Board to Morocco arrviving there at night, ! Boston, $4 lived, Oliio, to enter from the Time for ne April 0000, cost Tin Virginin, closes She returned to Tarifia later, this yoar She stated she was accomparic on her swim by many Spanish wit- s, She will leave for Engld .| this afternoon. Miss Gleitz and Miss Milie Hudson, another typist London, both arrived at Tangiers, | Morocco, last December to attempt the first recorded swim of the Strait of Gihr . Miss Gleitz made thres nsic dur Die mher and January. Miss Hudson failed on her first attempt and | later abandoned her intention swim the Strait An October 7 Miss Gloitz was v ported to have swum the English channel on her eighth attempt, bt Amatenr Swimming Association of England refused to certify the because no mewspapcermen or offi- (1 cials of any swimming club w aboard the bogt which acconipanicd her Shortly afterwards, Dr. Dorothy “ochrane Logan exposed her own oax” swim of the channel. Miss | Gleitz soon announced she would | repeat her performance as per sonal vindication and for the honor of women swimmers.” On October 21, she madr tempt of a “vindication™ irting from Cape Gris N France, was faken almost unconscious from the water when vight miles oft | r, England. and courthons 000 this y N $1.43 this year, springticld Included Springfield, Mass, ourthouse, $1.45 0 J Harviford, April 6 National (UP)-—Th« Association us of the Inc., Touse from | availabl stors, which was refused had been no previous indi- © hanking Goft would hecome a 11 his entry as West Vi ®on” immediately as to whetli- who yesterday | ! cense by the sate bank- was still in doubt post Hmit, irtrord, Ing commission, )00 H irthe this nost > " today orite Conn.. 1ve risa to speculation v 1lorbert Hoover, picked up seven more delegates to | complete his 29 in the Kentucky onvention to bring him neck and | neck with Frank O, Lowden in his ielogate race, would go in ther = ful attempts 2 ost $2 a conferrnce with Bank wmit, 8700000 v vidae- lissioner Leslie Con VL0060 Stat Hugh M. id he planned an investi coneen bt nelusion reg Attorney Aleorn ation of had arrived at no $850,000 limit Mo . post office his vear Manchester, o post Whil office, L A g . Tormer Hoover suppo fave in- dicated that the sceretary would wait until the Ohio primary April | 24 1= over before deciding whether 0 cuter West. Vigginia, political oh- servers Dol “he wilt thfero the ! Intter opportunity becanse of his! reluctance to eontest “favorite son™ | votes. Tt is true he entered Chio against Willis and Indiana against on, but only, it is h in the | that ha stood no chance of the second choice delegates utenant-Governor CHf. N of Bridgeport i iis Y W Hi inspection stution 0 th year art mspe X 0 s Fear Beleher Falie. V't tion, $56.000 limit, Alburg, \t 000 timit socket, Timit A\ j tion station £10,700 s vear Tnvestors. company 4r connec offer liets as “diney Frank I Jcaly, former attor- ney-general; Elbridge M. Wightm: | New Britain tactory executive; V- tor T. Anderson, Danielson Wonn- | {reasurer: and Flovd E. Armstrong. $165 Masachusctts Institute of Technolo- itchburg, | 8 professor. A ealy and Wightman were under- acriil ~tood to have deelined the office. post limit, this year. | " EASTER WEATHER FOR 1., GENERALLY GOOD in East, Change of NSome Sort Saturday Night Is Expected with a & an statiog, tion sta this year. ion station ) this year T. post office. 0 this year Digpes insr Lelief ting her at- | swim (Continued on I‘a;’ limit, Mass., post officr 000 this ye CITY WILL NOT SI’ENI] $2,000,000, HALL SAY$ Democratic Campaign Statement Denied by Finance Chairman l 000 — i Elbridz <h nt d seeretary of North & Judd Dove ‘1 §2 by I.m 1y the Herald at his street, West home, Hartford. Wightman said that he was in- 1 Fwnr:fl weeks ago to become @ member of the hoard of directors of the National Associated Investors, Ine., not interested. The Natjonal Associated Tnvestors, | Inc las sold many shares of its sfock, as well as other stock, to Britain residents, Get Dispatod London. April 6 (P —Dispatehe from Madrid to newspapers here m- day said that Miss Mercedes Gleitz, London t accomplished the first recorded swim of the Strait of | Gibraltar in 12 hours and thirty Vit arted trom Palomas Tsland, near Tarifia, Spain. yesterday morn- ing and came ashore at Punta | Tiddling democratic campaigners' | 1.eona, near Cucta, Moroceo, at 9:20 Shippee, | irding its validity as | SPANIARDS WILL TRY “ OF NEW BANKING FIRM T0 FLY TO NEW YORK Wait for Installation of | New Motor in Plane Before Hopping Off Hendaye, France, 8panish Frontier, | April 6 P)—Advices from Seville to- | day said Captains Jimenez and Iglesias, Spanish aces in the Morg:- | |can canipaign have decided to try a non-stop flight from Spain to New York. The fliers recently broke the Spanish record for duration when they remained aloft 28 hours and have becn preparing to set a new | world’s distance record with a flight !to British India. They were sched- uled to start yesterday but the hop was postponed for the announced new motor inatalled in their plane. The advices say, however, that they have become impatient at the Drasinent of the National Associated | delay in obtaining permission to fly A circular issued by fl\' 'n\ r meveral foreign countries 1o 'India And huve st their fages mwest- m‘ to he ¢}, nw'\urd instead. Thelr plane 8 'named Jesus of Great Strength” and is an all-Span- |ish product, resembling in construc- mill [tion the Bruguet used by Dfleuflm'n"‘ Costes and Joseph Lebrix, It has! a Hispano Suiza motor. | Earth Split in Tdaho M. Wightman, viee presi- | | Lhy but declined the offer as he was ' 3 Miles; Gas Comes Out Grangeville, Tdaho, April 6 () — An opening in the earth three-miles fz, Co, of this city, was reached |long and “wide enough for e team to drive through, has been reported D. A. Hardin of Whitebird, Tdaho, 20 miles from here, Hardin said the fissure extends on both sides of the foothills of the Seven Devils range of mountains, almost in a straight line, extending fo the Salmon river near the ham- | !zt of Lucile, which is 20 miles from Whitebird. A strong odor of £as emanates from the split in the earth, Hardin said. last night, | Conditions were exccllent The winimer retuened to Tarifia by bout and received a tromendous ovation. cluims that the city plunge into a §2.0¢ nges in the about to 000 invegtment sewage system Clairman Bdward 1% Hall of the e of finance and taxation told a zathering of sisth ward republi- cans last night that such an expen- diture is not in mnumplavmn and | GREENWOOD ST, WORKSHOP v /5% i D end Saturday | | States in the man of the fln:m('“ board, the speak- issippi and Ohio river val- er said it would be quite impossible | d the northern Rocky Moun- | fer such a project to he in line for | [15in section particularly | immediate operation without his ured by the ernment Yorceast- | knowledge and he claimed, he has s, following their morning study | no information of any plan to spend Lof the charts, that Lalmy weather | a e m of moncy in the near ¥ would grect them on Conditions in tie Atalntic 111y ribied and “not likely to b An i s oy country was | weather | Washington, April 6 (P Sunday with sunn L brattically the entire promiscd today by states might lower lake region, | ' Varly Morning Fire Causes Damage | we Fstimated at £800 in . €, Prefle’s Build Fire vood st in a workshop o1, owned by dul gamage estimated at about $500 | t the | this morning. he fire department | that | Was called at oclock by an out, | alarm from Box 18 at the corner of | oneoq more than four or 'rom the data gathered it was indi- | Greenvwood and Wall: |a year. cated that the wor n be done for| Prelle, who is a manutacturer of (s much less than $2,000,000, he said. | SMall metal articles, lost many val- | Weightman a0, The bonds for which legiflative | UaPle tools, an clectric motor and |y.oy practically no shiffing authority has been given are in- |10k ready for shipmenf. He was|joepheric conditions in tended for sewage improvements |4 Wak by o, milkman who pound- The situation is « about the city and will be issued | °d on his door. When the alarm 1o normal piccemeal, Hall added. He made | 50Unded the fire had gained consid wethe e the change tlinn the democrats are in error | °F ble headway and flanes . ance of present when they say the bonds are for a | Sheoting high into air. In spi forecaster could ewage disposal plant. He also ar. |l the early hour a large crowd : L e d e zued that the city cannot finance the | “"MPled. An automobile ks : 23 ASPIRE TO ATTEND se of | i g arage next to Prel orkshop wa ok wit xcer the limit of | ] work without exceeding the limit of | pushien ot ana esved. ‘The the fire is unknow n Slight damage was dons 1 w o fire in | sement. ga at 15 niey | t 1 short circuit | 1% this morning, a shor Primary to Be Held April 12 to | at 97 Green- Ko Predle, sroup | e preliminary work was donc north of \\r-: to E engineers particnlar time, he pointed Friedrichshafen, Germany, April (I'P)—In a hangar on the shore ake Constance, Germany's new destined to make the world ause of its amazing per- scheduled to begin in | me, is being ompleted n June Dr. iw the “Los Angeles” (then ZR-3) o the United States in 1924, will car over Germany in the first trial- ht of the new-born LZ-127, Chris- Count pelin Tn July er August, Dr. Eckener in- ended to fly nd 1 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION c the past several « e this pected Saturday will me good not sa o i m con- e k to Germany without land- Should some of his passengers 1o “drop in” at Lakehurst, N. they may the parachute method. Thereafter, if Dr dreams come trus | fly around the world in 12 days by | way of Viadivostok, Tokio, Califor- im Lakehurst and the Atlantic. He prepared to carry on these flights, of whom three will | Ie newspaper corrcspondents. In the sume year he hopes to fly from its bonding powers -nator Hall di ett’s fitness or, claiming ussed Counc xluun, for the office of | that he has already | {, ¢ much monoy and 5| e, wiring of an automobile truck of accomplishing more ii |, sing the blaze, which was dic Sl ""F‘”‘“} overed by Officer John Griffen, who {rang an alarm at 3:05 oclock at | ox 417 at Stanley and Francis | streets. The building, which is of | brick construction and two storics in Leight, 18 occupied on the grount | floor by the Economy store and u lirug store, and is owned by Kolod- | I J‘ncv brothers. The garage is direct- | s Iy under the Economy store. The fire department was 11:18 o'clock this forenoo grass fire on property of | missioner Michael King on street, by an alarm from Lox 64, be capable given authority ments. The claim that Bartlett, 1f elect- would be bound by a political hine was denied by Judge M. D. | who predicted an administ tion for the city’'s interests under the republican candidate. Chairman W. H. Judd of ths re- publican town committee, taKing up the democratic argument that Bart- lett had voted both ways on the question of higher tax, finally siding with those secking the 26 1-2 mill rate as against 26 mills, pointed to the Elect 17 Drlegates 1o State Gathering ed, m Because there are 23 applicants for places on the New Dritamn dele- zation to the next democratic convention aud there are only clected, a primary will b Y, Chairman John E. k. Kecvers | unounced today. primary will held at democratic headquarters n Spain and Argentina. Thursday, April 12, from 4 p. m. 1o cost of a sinzle Might from $ p. m. Those who are to he Lallot- | Sevilla to Buenos Aircs, Dr. Eckener cd on are: Angelo M. Paoncssa, John | has computed, will be 200,000 gold R. vers, Judge William I | iarks ($50,000) providing such fact that a majority of the dem- | corner of Smalley and Wilson Mangan, Dr. John F. Keaveny, John | trips are made every weck. 4o net ocrats were absent from {he meel-|sroets. At 11:28, Co. No. 2 was L. Fagan, Thomas J. Smith, John E. | revenues from fares, postas =~enu ing at which the tax was laid and | called to 4 blaze in & pilc of old |O'Neill, John F. Callahan, Thomas nd fright are estimated at 400,000 voled neither way, lumber ut 414 Stanley street. owned | MeDonough, James P. Kiniry, Frank | gold marks, Candidate Bartlett bricily | by L. R Barker. A grass fire spread | W. Riley, dohn 4. Waldh. 1rank T} following the outline of his (-um-’l to the lumber, causing u lively blaze | Zapatka, Lawrence somorajezsk, |y puign talks elsewhere. He claimed | for a short time r ora, David 1. Dunn, Rob- |, inconsisteney on the part of the| Co. No. 5 of the fire department | ot Kerri L. 1 Mangan, T Clay dewocrata in eriticizing the republi- | was called to a grass fire on prop vanaugh, A. Gorbach, Dr. A. L.| can machine and then endorsing re- erty of §t. John's church on New | Avitable, Mrs Poter MecCrann, publican cadidates for office navenie at 1150 this forenoon ' | Conlon state 17 to necy Ultimately, the ship is destined for ntuan Smalley spok dirigible will fly from Gei to the United States in three * Dr. Eckener told the corres- pendent, “and cover the return journey in two days. thanks to f vorable winds. Fonr and a half days ank 1 il e | | e l l about six miles above Hugo Eckener, who | | to the United States | 100 feet wide. Germany Bulldmg Diri irigible to Fly the Atlantic and Back to Fatherland Without Stopping |Will Then Start on Voyage Around World by Way of Vladivostok, Tokio, Lakehurst and Across to Europe—Plan to Make Trip in 12 Days— Will Fly to South America. six and a half to Australia.” In the future, according expert’s opinion, airships will fly the earth, where air pressure is greatly | duced, rendering possible a fiight Amm Germany to the United States in 15 hours. The United States government al- ready has officially communicated to the German government that all fa- vilities will be placed at the dis- posal of the LZ-127 at Lakehurst. The dirigible is 770 feet long and Five engines, sue- | pended in five gondolas, produce 2,- | permitted to do so | 20 passengers | kitchen and 10 cabins air- | | regular service | 500 H. P. The airship is one and a half times as large as the Los An- seles. Captain Lehmann, German war- Evk‘lwrs;vlyne pilot, former vice president of he will attempt to | the Goodyear-Zeppelin - works Akron, O., is on the ground super- | vising construction of the Zeppelin. It has a large dining room aboard, for passen- | #ers, all equipped with soft, luxur- ious comfort. Large windows permit views of land, sea and mountains below. HITS DYNAMITE WITH AXE Rochester, N. H., April 6 (UP)— Bert Hayes, 14, knows now what happens when one hits dynamite with an axe. He is in a hospital today with injuries reccived when hetried it yesterday. —_— * | THE WEATHER | New Reitain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tomight; Setur- required to Buenos Aires and ¥ — Would like to hear | reason that they needed to have a | NEBRASKA IN GRIP OF FIERCE STORN \Snow Blocks Traffic-—Phone | Wires Are Down Radio Broadcasting Stations Being Blockaded Centers to Other Parts of Country. Omaha, Neb Kansas April 6 UP—(By radio to City)—A heavy snow, which bore down and telegraph wires street traffic, telephone and blocked | fsolated Omaha from the outside world this morning With wires broken area, the Associated Press resorted to radio, dictating this dispatch from WOW the Woodmen of the World station in Oniaha, to WDAF, the Kansas City atation. This vicinity was the center of a storm that extended eastward into Towa. or two below freezing. In Omaha street cars were delay- ed by now on the tracks and scores | of automobiles were stranded in deep drifts. Trains were delayetd not so much by the snow as by the difficulty in patching orders by wire. Chicago, April 6 (#--A heavy wet blanket of snow covered Nebraska [today, putting telegraph and tele. phone wires out of commission, de- |1aving railroad and interurban trains and blocking the highways. The fall of snow was five inches deep, according to the weather bu- ircau Dhers, with moderate to fresh over a wide grees, The storm hit the central west last the Texas Panhandle, accompanied | by thunderstorms and, in some places, snow. Parts of Towa and | |northern Missouri are expected to get some snow today. east will receive sald. Advisory storm warning was is- sued for Lake Michigan shipping. “Temperatures rather low for the |season” was the weather | promise for most of | forecast distriet, with pry itation | general. Snow was forecast for up- | per Michigan, Wisconsin, Northern | { Missouri, Minnesota and Yowa. Missoprt and Kansas were .rmll- ©d freeeing temperatures tonight. rain, to this re- ! .'. | “Meanwhile the east and east ven- | tral sections continued to enjoy un- scasonably high temperatures, with the northwestern thermometers re- cording measonable leadings. The outh has had heavy rainfalls at many places along with thunder- | storms, Des Moines, Towa, April § (UP)— Storms and high winds which have isolated Omaha and Western Iowa, were steadily growing today A. T. Abbott, superintendent of the lowa division of the Rock Island railread, told the United Press. Abhott established communication with Council Bluffs by way of Perry, Towa, and railroad officlals at Coun- cil Bluffs reported the situation as “‘extremely serjous.” Abbott said all communication over rallroad telegraph lines be- tween Atlanta, Towa, had been cut off. Train service was {rregular |through the storm swept district. east storm warning were ordered displayed by the weather bureau to- day from Pensacola to Tampa, Fla. A secondary disturbance off the Louislana coast moving northeast. | SUMHER HOME BURNED | Residence of Dr. Walter Bastedo in Washington, Destroyed With Loss of $30,000. Washington, Conn., April 6 UP— was burned this morning with a loss | of between $20,000 and $30,000, The first started from Temperatures were a degree | winds and temperature 30 to 40 de- | | | WINTER HAS FLARE-BACK Used to Relay News from Storm | | | BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. A Daily Circulation h Woek Ending March 31st .. 15,052 PRICE THREE CENTS Mrs. Coolidge Can’t Help Roll Easter Eggs Washington, April ¢ UP—For the first time since President Coolidge entered the White House, Washington children will roll their eggs on the executive lawn on Easter Monday unaided by Mrs. Coolidge, The critical condition of Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, her mother, is still keeping Mrs. Coolidge in Massachusetts and it is not be- lieved at the White House that it will be possible for her to return to Washington before next Mon- day Despite Mrs. Coolidge's ab- sence, all preparations have been made to entertain Washing- fon’s little ones as usual. Wire fences have been erected around the fountains and on the edge of some of the stceper slopes on the grounds to prevent injury to the children, _—J | VALUABLE DOG 1§ CAUGHT IN ThAP. 1Canine Discovered Alter 55 | | | | | | | | i i night after moving northeast from | | bureau | of grass, brush or the Chicago | within a yard of the place where | | and Omaha Ithe district to the intersection | Days’ Absence \NEARLY STARYED T0 DEATH Bridgeport Animal Had Faten Fvery | Bit of Grass and Brush Within | Range of Trap—Forepaw Torn Away, Bridgeport, April 6 (P—Gripped by the right forepaw and left back |leg in the jaws of two steel traps which had held her captive in the | James Kellogg woods in Aspetuck district of Easton, Goldie, a prize three year old collie missing for | fifty-five days, waa recovered alive last night. The dog belonged to Points farther | William Wakeman of Easton and the bureau | | farm hand. was discovered in the trap by a | ¢d how long the dog was in the trap but it was nearly dead from exposure and starvation. Every bit edible material Goldie was held had been eaten, and one forepaw had been torn away in {an efort to reach grass beyond that | digtance. ACCUSES BARTLETT OF SLIGHTING 5TH WARD Sablotsky Says G. O. P.; Candidate Voted Against Park The republican nominee for may- or, Councilman Donald L. Bartlett is one of the group of council mem- bers who withheld from the fifth ward the enjoyments of a park. Councilman 8amuel Sablotsky de- clared at an open alr rally that at- tracted several hundred residents of of Broad and High streets last night. Sharing the platform with Regis- |trar Thomas J. 8mith, Finance Com- an unde- | miasioner Paul Nure: Alderman Washington, April 6 (I'P)—South- Frank Zapatka and ex-Mayor A. M. Paonessa, Sablotsky charged Bart- lett with having voted tc table the park proposition and with having indicated no interest in whether the children of the fifth ward were sub- ward to cause strong southeast winds | jected to the dangers of traffic or | this afternoon and early tonight, was |not. Registrar Smith also touched on the park situation. He declared there is no district in New Britain {that contributes more to the growth !6f the elty than the fifth ward, but vet, he pointe¢ out, it park and this in spite of the fact that the land 1s owned by the city and the costs of equipment would be slight. He sald that the two men nomi- The summer home of Dr. Walter A. |nated for eelectmen this vear by the Bastedo, of New York, on a hill one | democrats are fifth ward residents, mile south of Washington Green,!Darlus Benjamin and Kasimir Ma- jewicz, Alderman Zapatka. Chairman M introduced hy T. Callahan as one termined cause in a servant's room o' the men who makes it possible on the top floor. Some of the house- | for the fifth ward to have represen- | |hold furnishings were saved but a | tation 365 days a year, spoke briefly collection of bric-a-brac which cluded many gift pieces to Bastedo, who Wwas active in work in New York, and articles col- lested by Dr. and Mre. Bastedo, was lentirely lost. Tts value was con- &iderabl Mcs, Bastedo and /twe. chllasest and the servants were in the house when the fire was noticed at 7 a. m. Firemen responded and saved out- | Iying buildings but water was scarce owing to the height of the hill. The isite of the house 1s one of the not- |able ones in the town. in- | Mrs. Oldest Paper in U. S. Changes Hands Tod: | Newport, R. I, April § (P—Pur- | chase of the Newport Mercury, said |to be the oldest newspaper in the | United States, by Edward A. Sher News and the Weekly News, was an- ,nounced today. The Mercury, a | Weekly paper. was _established in {1758 by James Franklin, a nephew 10f Benjamin Franklin. The paper has been published every week ex- cept from 1776 to 1960. When the invasion by the British forced ‘sus- pension of publication. v will be merged with | ews in the first week in May, and the new paper will be known aa the Mercury and Weekly News | | | | in behalft of the council candidates, two democratic James P. Mur. war phy and Lucian Macora Candidate Paonessa told of his 11 |Yeare of service as a councilngin [followed by four years in the office lof mayor and ef his efforts to give the city the best form of govern- {ment possible. He promised to con- [tinue the policles of government in vogue from 1922 to 1926 and dis- claimed any connections with ma- chine politics, d _claring “e would |much rather be defeated required to take the dictates of poli- ticians. This was the second appvamnce of the democrats in the fifth ward, | the meeting having been planned because a great many residents of ithc district were unable to gain ad- | mission to the Falcon hall last Sun- man, publisher of the Newport Daily | day night. On Monday night the “Political Follies” will be presented for the fifth ward vc‘ers in Rialto hall, the show being followed by dancing. WELL RECEIVED Rome. April 6 (UP)—Officlal re- | dersecreary Bolzon, whe is privatel visiting Egvpt. was well received by | the Ttalian colonies. He was re- celved iIn audience, by King Fuad | and Tord Tiovd. Writish missioner in Egypt h com- It cannot be determin- | i« denied a| than be | |elected by a machine and then be | AUTD AND TROLLEY " INHEAD-ON CRASH |Operator Extricated From | Wreckage With Slight Injuries 'MACHINE BADLY DAMAGED — | Parker W. Fairbank of Garden street Tries to Pass Out Electric Car on Left Side on Black Rock Avemue and Meets Another. While attempting to pass out one trolley car by going to the left, an automobile owned and driven by | Parker W. Fairbank of 8§ Gardem | street crashed head-on into another | trolley going north in front of s8 | Black Rock avenue about 10:30 o'clock this morning. Although the { entire left s.de of the automobile wag ?rlpped off by the impact and Mr. | Fairbank was pinned in the driver's seat, unable to extricate himself without aid, he suffered only small lacerations of two fingers on his left | hand. | The trolley, a one-man vehicle running between Meriden and New | Britain, due in New Britain center at 10:37 o'clock, was in charge of { Motorman Joseph H. Kane of 298 Cook avenue, Meriden. The front end of the trolley was stove in by | the collision and it was probably dus | to the quick stop made by the metor- man that Mr. Fairbank was not i ground under the wheels or more | serlously injured. Auto Strewn Along Road Parts of the automobile a sedam, were strewn’ along the road for a distance of about 60 feet. The doors were ripped off and the steering {wheel was shattered and the shaft i bent out of shape. Glass was strewn jover the highway and the chassis of jthe automobile was bent from the | strain. Neighbors hearing the crash, hastened out to help. Mr. Fairbank, {alone in & car filled with groceries, | was found in the driver's seat un- {able to move because of the litter of | debris. When he was extricated, Dr. John Purney was summoned and aside !from a slight shock, Mr. Fairbank | was found to have suffered no im- | juries other than the slight cuts % | his finger: He was given atteption and was able later to drive anether car down town to make | ments for the m aof the temoblle and o . . 3‘&: through. tha: X Sergeant John C. Stadler of the police department was on the acene shortly after the accident happened. |He made no arrests after. hearing the statements of the automebile driver and the trolley motorman. The automobile was a complete wreck on one side from the radiator | to the rear fender. It was pinned on the front of the trolley and pushed about 30 feet before the trolley could be brought to a stop. WIFE SAYS SHE HAS AN ALIBI FOR KNOWLTON Believes‘ Husband Innocent of Slaying School Teacher A Cambridge, Mass., April § (P —A special session of the Mid- dlesex county grand jury was called here today to eonsider the case of Frederick Hinmaa | XKnowiton of Framingham, held | for murder in connection with | the death of Miss Marguerite I. | Stewart, teacher at the Beverly School for the Deaf, whose bat- tered body was found en the highway at Concord last Fri- day morning. | Knowlton was arraigned in the Concord district court yes- | terday. pleaded not gullty and | waived examination. ! In addition to the police of- | ficlals who investigated the case, the witnesses sumthoned included attaches of the Beverly school and relatives of the dead irl. | l'lmbrM‘Q Mass., April 6 (UP)— | The wife of Frederick Hinman Knowlton, jr.. Framingham business man, claimed today to have complete alibi’ for her husband, who 18 alleged to have slain his girl friend, Miss Marguerite 1, | stewart. Mrs. Knowiton, mother of three | children, declared she could acceunt for the suspect's whereabouts last Friday, when the Beverly school supervisor was murdered, and alse {on the previous night, when Knowl- ton is aileged to have kept a date |with the wvictim. | His wife's loyalty seemed to be | Knowlton's only consolation today as the authoritics continued weav. ing the web of circumstantial evi- aem:e around the ex-soldier. son of one of Framingham's selectmen. | In East Cambridge jail. Knowiton awaited next Friday the 13th, whea |he will be given a hearing in Cop- jcord district court. He had pleaded not guilty to a first degree murder |charge when arraigned yesterdas. Meanwhile the Middlesex county grand jury prepared to meet fn special seasion today to consider the | case against him. District Atterney {Robert T. Bushmnell had announced ‘he would ask the grand jury te in. !dict the sumpect for first degres | State detectives, working ewiftly |since Miss Stewart's body was feund | beside the Cambridge nr-u.h Concord a week age M. | — % (Continued on Page %1 | ports trom Cairo sald today that Un. |murder. o QO